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The Two Flavors of Covert Rationing

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

As we learned in the previous post, the behaviors used to covertly ration healthcare in America are advanced by two different schools of thought. Once we are introduced to these two schools and become familiar with their philosophies, it will be easy for us to begin spotting covert rationing behavior when we encounter it, and […]

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Is Covert Rationing a Vast Conspiracy?

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

On the surface it might seem impossible to conduct widespread rationing in a huge industry like healthcare, which consumes nearly 15% of the GDP and directly affects the lives of most of us at one time or another, and to do it covertly, in secret. Wouldn’t the rationing of such a highly visible commodity be […]

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Why We’re Rationing Covertly

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

We have seen that rationing healthcare is a fundamental economic imperative, and that we’re long past the point of asking whether we should (or must) ration. The real question is: How should we ration?
Our society has answered this question, too - at least implicitly and at least for now. That answer derives from a second […]

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Why We Have To Ration Healthcare

Friday, May 25th, 2007

The definition of healthcare rationing
Let’s be clear, first of all, on what we mean by rationing healthcare. Many definitions have been used, and most talk blandly about such things as the allocation of scarce resources, or the fair distribution of available benefits or goods or commodities. DrRich objects to such definitions on the grounds that […]

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Covert Rationing in a Nutshell

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

On the website associated with this blog, DrRich helpfully develops the Grand Unification Theory of Healthcare. He sincerely hopes you will spend some time there. But as a public service he offers the following, a brief summary of the five major truths about American healthcare that are revealed by the Grand Unification Theory. Here they […]

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Welcome to the Covert Rationing Blog

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

This blog is intended to illuminate the mechanisms, manifestations and consequences of what has become the Prime Directive of the American healthcare system, namely, to covertly ration our healthcare.
The companion website to this blog is The Grand Unification Theory of Healthcare. There you can find an entire exposition on the American healthcare system. […]

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